Afternoon News Headlines (April 17, 2017)

* Orissa High Court grants conditional bail to Bapi Sarkhel in Seaways Shipping GM Mahendra Swain murder case, Sarkhel to surrender passport.

* Amit Shah to come on a 3-day visit to Odisha on June 22.

* West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to visit Odisha to rejuvenate Trinamool Congress; To offer prayers to Lord Jagannath in Puri durng his 3-day visit beginning tomorrow.

* Kerala: Congress-led-UDF candidate P K Kunhalikutty wins Malappuram by polls with over 1.7 lakh votes.

* Supreme Court expresses concern over vacancy in police force in six states; Home Secretaries of Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, UP & West Bengal asked to appear in Apex Court on Friday.

* J&K: Schools in Nowshera closed as ceasefire violation by Pakistan continues.

* PM Modi breaks security protocol in Tapi, Gujarat to meet a 4-year-old girl.

* UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for end of Triple Talaq; Says those silent on triple talaq are also guilty.

* 11-year-old Agastya Jaiswal from Hyderabad clears class 12 board exam with 63%.

* Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari arrives in New Delhi on 5-day India visit.

* IIT-Kharagpur to add Vaastu Shastra in its syllabus for architecture students.

* ED issued show cause notice to Karti P Chidambaram son of P Chidambaram under FEMA violation to the tune of 2262 crore.

* Wholesale inflation falls to 5.70% in March, from 6.55% in previous month.

* Non-Bailable Warrant against Sanjay Dutt over alleged threat to filmmaker Shakil Noorani canceled by rhe court.

* 68 Kids among 126 killed after blast rocks bus convoy in Syria.